My Version of Sappho #31

A friend of mine who’s doing a course on poetry and translation, recently wrote a version of Sappho’s Fragment #31. She challenged me to do the same. The idea was to not be literal but try to keep to the spirit of it – and in one’s own voice. – or at least that’s how I decided to respond.

There’s a whole slew of translations/ versions on-line. Here’s an interesting blog post about Sappho 31 – which is apparently famous – so now I know 🙂 . And lots of translations/versions here.